Bag-fastener



(No Model.)

J. F. SHULTZ.

BAG FASTENER.

No. 443,298. Patented Deo. 23,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FRANK SHULTZ, OF MARTINSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,298, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed October 21, 1889. Serial No. 327,619. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANK SHULTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martinsville, in the county of Lancaster. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of fasteners which are permanently secured to one end of a string fortying bags, packages, and the like; and my object is to provide an efficient fastener which shall be simple in construction, reliable and ready in action, and by means of which the string of the bag may by several movements of the hand be secured and released by a reverse movement, but which shall while engaged be entirely secure and impossible to be opened by accident. To accomplish this I bend a piece of stout wire in the following manner: I first form a hook or ring in one end of the wire, then bend the body of the wire back on itself and form an elongated loop, then eX- tend the end with which the loop was formed upward to form an arm at approximately right angles with the loop, then bend the same end backward and downward across the loop and behind the jaws of the same to form a similar arm below the loop, and then bend the same end upward across the opposite side of the loop and over the upper jaw, so as to form, as it were, a cross with the transverse part extending` across the loop back of its jaws.

The accompanying drawings and detailed description will fully explain the nature of my invention and the manner in which I operate the same.

Figure l is a side View of one of my fasteners shown in place on a bag, the string be ing secured about the bag and to the fastener. Fig. 2 is atop view of the same, the bag being shown in section and the fastener bent over in a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is a reverse side view of the fastener and string detached from the bag.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A represents the fastener, B the string, and' C the hook or ring to which the string is pern m an ently secured.

Dis the loop, formed in the body of the fast ener, and d represent-s the jaws of the same. The wire forming the upper jaw of the loop is bent upward, backward, and downward, as shown at h, c, and f, respectively, the part f being extended downward across the back of the loop in rear of the jaws d, so as to form a downwardly-extending arm g. Below the loop the part g is bent upward again across the front of the loop, as shown at h, and the end m is bent over the upper fold n of the loop against the nartf. The part h serves to form a bearing for the string on the side of the loop on which it is placed similar to the part g on the opposite side.

The operation of tying is as follows: Pass the string between the jaws CZ from back to front, as at t; then toward the back of, over,

around, and under the rear end of the loop y behind the parts fand c, as shown at s, and then pass it forward to and between the jaws d and downward behind the loop between the first wrap of the string and the parts f and g, as at V, bringing it out below the loop in front of the part g and giving it a sharp jerk, so as to tighten it over the fold t and wedge it into place, as at i'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a bag-fastener consisting of a wire having a hook or ring on one end and the body thereof bent back on itself, the end of the portion so bent back being turned upward and then downward across said body so as to form a crosspieoe f g between the hook or ring and the opposite end of the fastener, of a string or cord connected with such bagLfastener, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a bag-fastener consisting of a wire having a hook or ring on one end and the body lthereof bent so as to form a loop D, having jaws d at one end, one of said jaws curving upward and then backward, as at b and c, and then extending downward and across one side of the loop so as to form a cross-piece f g between the end of the loop and the jaws, and then having the end 7L of the part g curved upward on the opposite side of the loop, of a string or cord connected with such bag-fastener, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J. FRANK SHUL'IZ.

Witnesses:

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